Daily Digest 2/1/2018 (Don’t Forget Puerto Rico)

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Emergency Communications

The Communications Crisis in Puerto Rico

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via Free Press

Hurricane Maria Communications Status Report for Jan. 31, 2018 (Federal Communications Commission)

Elections

Draft FEC Rules Target Political Ads on Social Media

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via Bloomberg

Lawmakers hammer Facebook and Twitter for not fully investigating if Russian bots spread the #ReleasetheMemo campaign

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via Vox, Hill, The

FBI Condemns Push to Release Secret Republican Memo (New York Times)

Rep Adam Schiff: Rep. Nunes’s memo crosses a dangerous line (Washington Post)

Twitter has notified at least 1.4 million users that they saw Russian propaganda during the election (Vox)

Facebook’s Experiment in Ad Transparency Is Like Playing Hide And Seek

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via ProPublica
Communications and Democracy

Democracy Index 2017: Free speech under attack (Economist, The)

The White House promised to restore a petitions site that was critical of President Trump. It hasn’t.

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via Washington Post
Surveillance

Calling on Congress: Modernize the Stored Communications Act

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via Verizon
Content

Google Search results to give ‘diverse’ answers

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via BBC
Journalism

New paper tariffs could cost jobs at US publishers

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via Columbia Journalism Review

With press freedom under threat, the Freedom of the Press Foundation wants to archive endangered clips (Fast Company)

Local news outlets are suddenly big fans of Facebook again (Fast Company)

As Facebook Prioritizes Local News, Industry Experts Respond (MediaPost)

More Online

President Trump opts out of Super Bowl interview (CNN)

Trump’s State of the Union Ratings Don’t Match Obama’s (New York Times)

What will Big Tech do with all its repatriated cash? Buy everything. (Quartz)

Taking a closer look at President Trump, taxes and Apple (Washington Post)

Big Media, Silicon Valley Battle for Multibillion-Dollar Sports TV Rights (Variety)

Commentary: Data is the new lifeblood of capitalism – don’t hand corporate America control (Guardian, The)

Cybersecurity Apprenticeships Enhance Cybersecurity Infrastructure (Department of Commerce)

Female Founders Got 2% of Venture Capital Dollars in 2017 (Fortune)

Women, Minorities Are Still Underrepresented on the Boards of Social Media and Tech Companies (AdWeek)

Writers Guild Announces ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ on Sexual Harassment (The Wrap)

Washington Attorney General issues consumer alert for Comcast customers; company disagrees (KATU)